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Former FAA attorney with the Great Lakes Region, handling environmental, airports and airport development litigation; Former environmental law partner with Chicago law firm of Ross & Hardies; Former Illinois Assistant Attorney General in Asbestos Litigation division

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Un~iquely Qualified Staff -

Berne C. Hart

45 years of combined legal and aviation technical experience, including 20 years in

U.S. Marine Corps Aviation

11 years as an engineering and technical consultant to the aviation industry 15 years of experience in both Federal and State litigation.

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Uniquely Qualified Staff -

Anita E.

Of Counsel to Chevalier, Allen & Lichman, LLP. Ms. Willis has extensive experience in successfully representing a wide range of clients including public entities, a wide range of business entities, including privately and publicly held corporations, as well as developers and non-profit entities. Formerly served as City Attorney for two large California cities, and has 30 years combined legal and municipal experience, including over 15 years as an attorney, and 16 yiears with the City of Los Angeles, of which 10 years was as a manager of programs to foster publiclprivate partnerships and economic development.

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Examples of Recent Successful Outcomes

El Segundo et al. v. City of Los Angeles, et a 1 . City of Del Mar, et al. v. Department of Defense, Airport Working Group of Orange County

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Silverha wk vm County of Riverside, California

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City of El Segundo, et a/. v. City of Los Angeles, et a/.

Issue: Expansion of Los Angeles

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complex CAIL challenged the environmental review in both state and federal court and reaiched a settlement with the City of Los Angeles

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to fund a job training program;

• Reduce the total number of gates available for

passengers at LAX from 163 to 153 by the year 201 5

• Pay attorneys' fees to lnglewood in the amount of

$250,000 (total to all petitioners $1.5 million)

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City of Del Mar v. DOD cont'd

Discontinue use of the Beach Route over Del Mar for purposes other than emergencies and move the route 2 miles South over Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego Install a radar system to track compliance of helicopters with mandated flight tracks Complete a two-part Clean Air Act conformity analysis Pay Petitioners $350,000 for performing services as Clean Air Act consultant Pay Petitioners' attorneys' fees in the total amount of $680,000 (for all petitioners)

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Airporf Working Group of Orange

County v. U.S Department of

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Issue: Re-Use and Development of MCAS El Toro; Failure to comply with NEPA Our Client: Airport Working Group, a coalition formed to educate the public about airport issues in Orange County, California After CAL challenged the DOD's FElS the U.S. District Court, the DOD settled with AWG and agreed to pay petitioners' attorneys' fees

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A WG v. Dept of Defense cont'd

Set aside FElS for Redevelopment Conduct a focused Air Quality Study at the former MCAS El Toro to examine fugitive dust PM 10 and NOx emissions Pay attorneys' fees and costs in the amount of $250,000

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Litigation as Leverage

Litigation is not an exclusive remedy Litigation ought to be considered, in addition to lobbying, not instead of In these cases, litigation, coupled with political and other efforts, resulted in a successful outcome for our clients Litigation is leverage. It is political currency to be used at the bargaining table

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